Note 4-4 — Footnotes.

"Hearken, ye men 4of Erin!"4 cried Fergus; "who opposes a shield to me to-day on this day of battle when four of the five grand provinces of Erin come together on Garech and Ilgarech in the battle of the Cattle-raid of Cualnge?" "Why, then, a gilla that is younger and mightier 5and comelier5 than thyself is here," 6Conchobar answered,6 "and whose mother and father were W. 5995. better! The man that hath driven thee out of thy borders, thy land and thine inheritance; the man that hath driven thee into the lairs of the deer and the wild hare and the foxes; the man that hath not granted thee to take the breadth 1of thy foot1 of thine own domain or land; the man that hath made thee dependent upon the bounty of a woman; the man that of a time disgraced thee by slaying the 2three bright lights of the valour of the Gael,2 the three sons of Usnech that were under thy safeguard 3and protection;3 the man that will repel thee this day in the presence of the men of Erin; Conchobar son of Fachtna Fathach son of Ross Ruad son of Rudraige, High King of Ulster and son of the High King of Erin; 4and though any one should insult thee, there is no satisfaction nor reparation for thee, for thou art in the service of a woman!"4